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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Desmond meet Crystal Mayberry?
(a) Milwaukee.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Minnesota.
(d) Phoenix.

2. When Desmond wrote Poverty, by America, how many school children were homeless?
(a) More than a million.
(b) About 500,000.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 250,000.

3. In 2022, where was the poverty line drawn for a family of four?
(a) $27,750.
(b) $25,950.
(c) $33,150.
(d) $31,050.

4. At the time Poverty, by America was written how many poor families were headed by a single mother?
(a) 2 in 5.
(b) 1 in 10.
(c) 2 in 10.
(d) 1 in 3.

5. When Desmond was in graduate school, where did he live?
(a) A rent-controlled apartment and a mobile home park.
(b) A mobile home park and a rooming house.
(c) Student housing.
(d) Dorms.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours did Julio Payes have to work to afford the unfurnished room he shared with his mother and two siblings?

2. At the time America, By Poverty was written, how many eviction filings were created on average yearly?

3. What summer job did Desmond have when he was in college?

4. By the time Crystal aged out of foster care, how many foster placements had she had?

5. How long ago were only the rich able to afford cell phones?

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